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30. A METHOD COMPRISING: LATERALLY MOVING A SERIES OF HORIZONTAL RECEPTACELS SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY IN A RELATIVELY LONG HORIZONTAL RECEPTACLE PATH; MOVING A SERIES OF CORRESPONDING HORIZONTAL COVERS IN A RELATIVELY LONG HORIZONTAL COVER PATH INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID RECEPTACLES AND OVER SAID RECEPTACLES; MOVING A SERIES OF COVER AND RECEPTACLES WRAPPING UNITS ABOVE SAID LATERALLY MOVING RECEPTACLES AND COVERS IN A RELATIVELY LONG HORIZONTAL UNIT PATH; HOLDING SAID COVER ON SAID RECEPTACLES UNDER SAID UNITS; RAISING SAID RECEPTACLES AND COVERS INTO SAID UNITS WHILE SAID RECEPTACLES, COVERS AND WRAPPING UNITS ARE MOVING LATERALLY; AND OPERATING SAID UNITS TO WRAP SAID COVERS AROUND SAID RECEPTACLES WHILE SAID RECEPTACLES AND COVERS ARE IN SAID UNITS AND ARE MOVING LATERALLY ALONG SAID HORIZONTAL UNIT PATH. 